Аналитическая карточка нити: Гарток

This enterprise, named Гарток (Gartok), is known to have historical significance in the context of British colonial expansion in Tibet around the beginning of the 20th century. In 1904, Major Francis Younghusband led a successful military operation in Lhasa, resulting in British control over parts of the Chumbi Valley and trading posts in Gyanace and Gartok. However, upon their return to the post, they found it had been destroyed and its inhabitants, including Gartok, were killed. This event prompted serious resistance from the Ords, who fought and eventually overcame the aggressors. The name Gartok resurfaced in a Jules Verne novel "Robur the Conqueror", where it is mentioned as a center of the province of Gar-Korsum in Western Tibet and a place where residents witnessed the passing of an airship, the "